Re: Boy Scout Open Source

["Matt Shields-4" <user=23@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:18 PM, <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:06 PM, <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > 
> >> > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:41 PM, <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> >> [snip] 
> >> 
> >> I do not argue that the do not have the rights to their freedoms. I 
> >> wouldn't want to infringe. 
> >> 
> >> That being said, their positions are not something that I, personally, 
> >> can 
> >> accept. So, while they have the right to do as they please, I feel we, 
> >> or 
> >> at least I, have the responsibility to make it clear to people the 
> >> nature 
> >> of the organization just in case it matters. 
> >> 
> >> For instance, I would not prohibit a KKK march, but I certainly would 
> >> not 
> >> participate. Furthermore, I would ensure that truth behind the 
> >> organization had equal billing to the propaganda. 
> >> 
> >> Likewise with the Boy Scouts of America, I don't agree with them. I find 
> >> their positions offensive and hateful. They can do what they want, but I 
> >> certainly will not be supporting them and feel an amount of 
> >> responsibility 
> >> to ensure that, before offering to help, people are aware of their 
> >> discriminatory positions. 
> >> 
> >> OK, I'm sorry I started this whole thing and I apologize completely. 
> >> Please flame me off line so we don't distract the others. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> > Whether a group is right or not is not absolute.  It's subjective to the 
> > person who is looking at what the group or individual believes.  But to 
> > put 
> > a restriction on who can and cannot use Open Source is not what Open 
> > Source 
> > is about.  If that were the case then China should probably not be 
> allowed 
> > to use OSS. 
> 
> The BSofA has every right to use open source and free software, but people 
> who have an issue with their positions are under no obligation to help 
> them. 
>